Reform UK Fylde is calling for answers over the future of Hillside in Kirkham after a project once promoted as a national centre of excellence has instead ended with the building being put on the commercial market.

Lancashire County Council's Cabinet Member for Rural Affairs, Environment and Communities Joshua Roberts has welcomed enforcement action taken against Cuadrilla Resources to ensure the long-delayed restoration of the Preston New Road fracking site.

Residents, students from three local schools and Councillors came together to plant 3,500 trees on the field next to SS John Fisher and Thomas More Roman Catholic High School. They created a thriving green space for people and wildlife, which also incorporates open spaces for community activities and benches for relaxing.

Teenage ‘test purchasers’ were able to buy knives from one in four shops during undercover operations across Lancashire, raising serious concerns about how easily young people can purchase blades on the high street.

A letter sent by the Conservative-led Lancashire County Council on the 8th of May 2025 reveals that council officers were actively approaching private landlords with financial incentives to house refugees — taking properties off the open market for local Lancashire families.

Lancashire County Council's Trading Standards officers teamed up with Lancashire Constabulary officers to visit the two shops, also seizing 17 packs of illicit HRT and two illicit vapes. The goods seized were worth more than £1,000.